2285-S AMH WALJ HATF 159

SHB 2285 - H AMD 718

By Representative Walsh

WITHDRAWN 02/12/2018

    On page 2, beginning on line 6, after "districts." strike all material through "communities." on line 29 and insert the following:

    "(3) It is the intent of the legislature that the commissioner of public lands evaluate the economic impacts of restricting hundreds of acres from harvest or use under the existing and proposed changes with the habitat conservation plan with the assistance of an advisory committee to develop a report with recommendations to the legislature.   The report must provide recommendations on: (a) actions that support maintaining or increasing family-wage timber and related jobs in the affected rural communities; (b) options to address impacts on revenue to the trust beneficiaries; (c) other means of providing revenues for county services; and (d) other non-habitat related measures to address the declining populations of the marbled murrelet."

    On page 3, beginning on line 4, after "lands." strike all material through "recovery." on line 10 and insert "The report must include recommendations on actions that: (1) support maintaining or increasing family-wage timber and related jobs in the affected rural communities; (2) address the impacts on revenue to the trust beneficiaries, including a breakdown of the total impacts to manageable acres, harvest, and revenues; (3) address the need to  provide revenues for county services that are lost due to the habitat conservation plan; and (d) identify other non-habitat related measures to address the declining populations of the marbled murrelet."

EFFECT:  Modifies the statement of legislative intent to remove references to protection of marbled murrelet habitat.  Modifies the scope of the recommendations provided by the Department of Natural Resources to the Legislature concerning the marbled murrelet, to remove recommendation on additional marbled murrelet conservation measures that support a viable population and that may also provide economic benefits, and to add recommendation concerning non-habitat related measures to address declining populations of the marbled murrelet.  

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